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Still upset about Brazil's World Cup loss yesterday? Blame Mick Jagger. To understand why, Time explains, we have to go back to the 2010 World Cup, during which Jagger cheered on England, the US, and Brazil at various matches—and England, the US, and Brazil all lost those matches. Brazilians reportedly blamed him, and a Brazilian shirt he wore. His bad-luck reputation continued this year, when he cheered on England (right before it lost to Uruguay), predicted victory for Italy over Uruguay (Italy also lost), and also predicted ultimate victory for Portugal (not gonna happen). Then, finally, he showed up at the Brazil-Germany match, and the rest is history.

On Yahoo Sports, Brooks Peck calls Jagger the "World Cup Angel of Doom." "This was the first match Jagger attended during this World Cup and it just so happened to be one of the worst losses in the history of the sport," Peck writes. "Clearly his powers of destruction are only growing stronger."

Good thing I'm not superstitious... . . . Mick Jagger stay the HELL away from all things German and ESPECIALLY the stadium and our boys and don't even THINK about Die Mannschaft! Ever! ...for, um, no reason of course...

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Jul 9, 2014 1:40 PM CDT

While Mick has a smile on his face, Brazil is sad. I would not want to be their coach nor a player publicly in Rio right now. I'm sure they would not be smiling.